Stevenson Archer (judge)

Stevenson Archer (11 October 1786-26 June 1848) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th district from 1811 to 1817 (succeeding John Montgomery and preceding Thomas Culbreth) and from 1819 to 1821 (succeeding Philip Reed and preceding Robert Wright). He was a Democratic-Republican.

Biography
Stevenson Archer was born in Churchville, Maryland in 1786, and he graduated from Princeton in 1805. He was admitted to the bar of Harford County in 1808, and he served in the House of Delegates from 1809 to 1810. He then served in the US House of Representatives from 1811 to 1817 and from 1819 to 1821, and he was one of the strongest supporters of the War of 1812. From 1844 until his death in 1848, he served as Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals.